That's about all Wladimir has on Chagaev.. he's been around longer. Chagaev on the other hand also has something over Wlad in that he's undefeated. Wladimir has a couple of embarassing losses on his resume, don't forget.

And I don't see how Byrd, McCline, Brock, Jefferson, and past-their-best Botha and Mercer are any better than Ruiz, Virchis, and Valuev. Let's not forget that Ruiz frustrated the hell out of the division for quite some time, and let's also not forget that Valuev was an undefeated champion until he met Chagaev.

valuev also almost lost to larry donald, and was having a little trouble with monte barrett, virchis has lost to every big challenge, and ruiz is just ruiz, so i would say thats wlads opponents were much more proven